Ben Harris

is the managing editor of My Jewish Learning, where a version of this essay first appeared.

From Ben Harris

Henry Kissinger, influential first Jewish secretary of state, dies at 100

By Ben Harris November 29, 2023 9:18 pm

Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired the Daniel Craig film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92

By Andrew Silow-Carroll and Ben Harris August 9, 2023 2:55 pm

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

By Ben Harris and Philissa Cramer April 28, 2023 7:28 pm

Ideas

Judaism doesn’t want you to wander and live just anywhere — or does it?

By Ben Harris April 4, 2023 12:00 pm

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Jewish Currents apologizes for running an ad for an Israel fellowship, saying it ‘is not in line with our values’

By Ben Harris December 23, 2021 5:37 pm

18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021

By Ben Harris and Ron Kampeas December 22, 2021 11:53 am

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising — and they want synagogues to help

By Ben Harris October 7, 2021 2:01 pm

These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

By Ben Harris and Shira Hanau July 1, 2021 6:39 pm

Rabbi Stephen Slater talks a lot about God. He credits his Baptist missionary parents.

By Ben Harris May 13, 2021 4:53 pm

A year into the pandemic, Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

By Ben Harris April 8, 2021 1:46 pm

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